Which one of the following continents accounts for the maximum share in exports from India?

• Asia

• Europe

• Africa

• North America

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Examine the two statements carefully and select the answers to these items using the code given below:

Statement I: Minerals are formed by slow cooling of the magma.

Statement II: Very small crystals are formed when lava cools quickly on the surface.

• Both the statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I

• Both the statements are individually true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I

• Statement I is true but Statement II is false

• Statement I is false but Statement II is true

Examine the two statements carefully and select the answers to these items using the code given below:

Statement I: The Kullu Valley in Himachal Pradesh receives copious snowfall during winter.

Statement II: The Kullu Valley receives moisture bearing wind of the Western Disturbances during winter.

• Both the statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I

• Both the statements are individually true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I

• Statement I is true but Statement II is false

• Statement I is false but Statement II is true

Examine the two statements carefully and select the answers to these items using the code given below:

Statement I: The hills with dense vegetation cover do not experience heavy soil erosion.

StatementII: The vegetation cover helps infiltration of rainwater and binding of soils.

• Both the statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I

• Both the statements are individually true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I

• Statement I is true but Statement II is false

• Statement I is false but Statement II is true

Examine the two statements carefully and select the answers to these items using the code given below:

Statement I: The decrease of air temperature with increasing altitudes in the atmosphere is called the vertical temperature gradient.

Statement II: In Troposphere, air temperature decrease with increasing altitude due to radiation from the Earth.

• Both the statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I

• Both the statements are individually true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I

• Statement I is true but Statement II is false

• Statement I is false but Statement II is true

Examine the two statements carefully and select the answers to these items using the code given below:

Statement I: Chemical weathering processes are found more active in hot and humid environment.

Statement II : High temperature and rainfall help in the process of decomposition of rocks.

• Both the statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I

• Both the statements are individually true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I

• Statement I is true but Statement II is false

• Statement I is false but Statement II is true

The summer and winter seasons in a year are caused by

• aphelion (farthest) and perihelion (nearest) positions of the Earth from the Sun during the annual revolution

• rotation of the Earth on its axis

• variation in solar insolation

• revolution of the Earth on its inclined axis

Which one among the following is the coral group of islands of India?

• Andaman

• Nicobar

• Minicoy

• Lakshadweep

Consider the following surface winds:

1. Doldrums
2. Trade winds
3. Westerlies
4. Polar winds

Which one among the following is the idealized global pattern of these winds from the Equator to the Pole?

• 1-2-3-4

• 1-3-2-4

• 2-1-4-3

• 3-1-2-4

Taungup Pass is a mountain corridor connecting India with

• Afghanistan

• China

• Pakistan

• Myanmar